Advances in understanding the molecular causes of diabetes-induced birth defects

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-10

  Loeken, Mary R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic embryopathy; Diabetic pregnancy; Neural tube defect; p53; Pax3

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; HEXOSAMINE; PROTEIN P53; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIRTH DEFECT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOXIA; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MICE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 29344455480     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2005.09.007     Document Type: Review

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